The bubonic plague killed a third of the population of Europe. I imagine that felt pretty apocalyptic at the time & it had a long term impact on the entire regi

The bubonic plague killed a third of the population of Europe. I imagine that felt pretty apocalyptic at the time & it had a long term impact on the entire region. A plague that killed a third of those infected spread by modern international travel would be catastrophic. Medieval Europe got to spread the impact out over decades. Killing a third of the population in a year or two would be much worse.